Sadiron heater



- UNITED STATes PATENT-oer purpose.

Patented Feb. 7, 1928.

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'sAninoi-i' HEATER Appneacion niet January 1s, ,1927.seusi No. 160,967.

Thisinvention 4relates to iron hheating devvices and particularly to a lieatei'peculiaily designed for heatingw sad irons andusing charcoal., coke,oi1 other like fuel lfor the i The 4general provide a heater of this character` which is very simple. may be cheaply constructed, andwhich is particularly effective for the purpose,intended.,` f

Another objecty is toprovide a. heater 4so constructed that a inassof charcoal or like fuel may be dispcsedwithin afbasket and brought to a glowing more or less incandescent condition and then the basket'y with its. mass of heated charcoal disposed within thew body of theheater and covered by a plat-e or equivalent memberhaving means for supporting the sad` irons thereon. i y

My invention is illustratedA in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is atop plan view o'faheater constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig.` 2 is a of Figurel;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view with the iron supporting plate removed.

Referring to these drawings it will be seen that the body of the heater which is designated 10 is rectangular in form to provide a bottom, ends and two Lside walls. The body of the heater is formed of thin sheet metal and is reinforced by the corner angle irons 11 which are Yriveted `thereto. and by the inner frame 12 which consistsof one or more metallic strips formed to fit within the body 10 and being riveted orrotherwise attached thereto below the Vupperedge of the body. The body on its Afour ysides is provided with the draft openings 13, the draft through which may be "controlled by the dainpers 14 which are shown as pivoted upon thekbody. Handles 15 are riveted or otherwise attached to the end wallsofthe bod v .Y

Adapted toy be disposed within the body and to vbe supported upon the frame Vl2. which constitutes a ledge, is a basket 1G which is of metal and open-work incharacter; Preferably this basket is cast, though I do not wish to be limited thereto, and the basket has upwardly and outwardly extending end element-s 17 which at their upper extremities are angularly bent outward.,

vertical section on the line 2 2 objectof vthe invention is t0.v

atk18, .toengageover the upper edgeioffthe reinforcing strip,y ork band Thus, the

basket .is supported within the body 10l with 'itsk bottom in spaced relation tothe Vbottom ofthe body. n ,v 1 l l 4 i Adapted toghe disposed over` the basket 16 andbe supported upon the upper endsof y the members 17 is an iron support vcon/riprisiiig aplate19 which isgof metalfas, for instance, cast iron, thisjplate being formed with a plurality of openingsQO shown as two in number, having the general form of a sad iron, and the sidewalls of these `openings being `formed withthe inwardly y.pro-

V, jeciting, `lugs 21. lAs illustrated, these openingsy are semi-elliptical.` rSome irons, however, are elliptical in form'and hence `it` is desirable to provide lugs2l latithe blunt end l ofy each opening 20, which are longerthan the lugs 21 at the pointed lend of thel opening so fas to accommodate .irons `with 'both ends pointed. u ,v F

- In they use ofthis device, tliei'basket 16 is to be filled to a certain extent'with charcoal, coke, or any ,other fuel which may be adapted for the purpose, and the basket with its load of charcoal is disposed overa lire so that the charcoal will become ignited and more or less incandescent. When the' charcoal has been brought to the proper de- `aree of heat, the basket is lifted from the fire by tongs vand disposed within thebody 10. The plate19 is then disposed over the basket, and. therefore, kover the charcoal. Theheat of the charcoal rwill be conserved i and applied to' the irons inthe most effective Ordinarily laundresses use three kp y irons. one .iron being in use and the other given olf which would tend to blacken the ico irons and the ironsare heated in the best v possible` manner over a clear incandescent mass. By disposing the plate 19 below the upper edge of thel casing 10, all .danger of accidentally jarring or pulling the hot irons ofi1 of the heater is removed. If the plate 19 were Hush with the rupper edge of the casA ing, children might very readily pull the irons off the heater and severely burn them selves or do other damage, but by disposing the plate 19 below the top of the heater a direct upward pull must be exerted upon kthe relatively heavy iron in order to lift it i tain a steady heat for a very long time, and

ythat the .device may 'be used tor cooking, if desired, When not used as an iron heater. The casing is made of sheet metal and the frame acts to reinforce this casing as well as acting to support the basket.

Obviously many minor modifications might be made Vin the details of construction and arrangementof parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim 1.An iron heater of the character described consisting of a rectangular'casing of sheet metal, legs of angle iron riveted to thefcasing at the corners thereof, a frame riveted to the walls ofthe casing on the inside thereof and below the upper edge of the casing, a basket having upwardly extending members angularly bent at the ends to engage over said frame, the basket being supported thereby in spaced relation to the bottom of the casing, and an iron support removably disposed over the basket and supported by the outwardly angled ends of the upwardly extending members of the basket, the iron support being disposed below the upper edges of the casting and having openings therein over which the irons may be disposed.

2. A heater for irons comprising a metallic casing, the interior of ythe casing having a ledge disposed adjacent the upper edge of the casing but below the top of the same and projecting out therefrom, a fuel basket removably supported within the casing' in spaced relation to the bottom thereof and having its upper end formed to engage over said ledge whereby the fuel basket may be supported. therefrom, the casing having manually controllable draft openings, and

an iron support adapted to be removably disposed within the casing' and upon the upper end of the basket, the top of the casing being open whereby the iron support may be lifted olf through the top of the casing and whereby the fuel basket may be lifted out through the top of the casing.

In testimony whereof hereunto aliix my signature.

CARY M. STRIGKLER. 

